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(For THe Evestne Stan. MONTICELLO AND MONTPELIER. Lee literal fact. This old man had sat Eww ROCK CREEK. 1. —SPEINe. When the dark Winter with his snow and sleet, Retires before the emerald-vested Spring, First on thy banks I give her wele ming, Ostream beloved, Rock Creek ; there first I greet Her subject flowers, and hear the birds repeat ‘Paeans to her, with which the wild-wo-ds ring; ‘There, in life’s May, I first easayed to sing, ‘Who now to thee pay thanks and tribute meet! Beneath thy green, triumphal archway dancing, ‘Thou seem’st to me a symbol of youth eternal, Warbling a song that hath no tone of sadness; Fair st each step, and gay with diamonds glancing, Borne on thy brivht, transparent vest nents ver- Faisd whoee heart throbs with Arcadian glad- ness! ne m.—SvMxer. If fairies yet, in this old world of ours, Keep up their revels on the moonlit greem, Jn mazy dances tripping it unseen Of mortal eye, Osylvan stream, thy bowers, ‘Thy grassy meads pranked with unnumbered flowers, ‘Thy sandy shores, and many acool ravine Among thy hills, are choice retreats, I ween, ‘That ring with music of those tricksy Powers! Under thy wild witch-hazel trees they dine; In thy thick laurels play at bide and seek, And swing on loopings of the tangled vine; From fretted acorn goblets quaff the dew; Plash in thy lymph, O silver-sparkiing creek, And the scared moth in eager chase pursue! 1it.—AUTUMN. Methinks thy vicinage most lovely shows, When the artist antumn, with his viewless brush, Paints field and hill with a faint, golden flush, Ané, lavishly, rare tints of amber, an l rose, And violet on thy woodlands wide bestows When thou no longer dost, rejoicing, rush Impetucus on, snd, in the brooding hush Round thee, thy voices more solenn and tender KrOWwS: ‘When the underwood with coral fruitage clows, And crimson vines, like flickering torches, «lare: When purple grapes ripe in the sunny air Blowly, and weirdly o’er the landscape throws The mist a veil, through which it looks more fair, In day dreams lapped, and wrapped in calm re- pose. Tv —Wister. Pleasant it is alonz thy marge to stroll, Ostream, that far among the hills dost wind, ‘When thy soft summer murmure, unconfined, Invite the feet, and soothe the pensive soul! et, to me, scarcely less, when darkly rll Clouds o’er the blue, and chains of ice, desizncd By the daedalian Frost, thee firmly bi. d, And robes of snow wrap mead, and vale, and knoll. Besnty to no one season alone belongs Me the dry, cold-hued sedge delixhts; the bare Boughs intr cate of sapless woods ; the thronga Of tall, cray weeds, whose see: § are small bird's fare; ‘The unbroken silence where, late, loud were songs; ‘ahe tempered «loom hyemal days oft wear. W. L. SHOEMAKER. —————_-+-—_____. LETIERS FEUOM THE PEOPLE. ‘fhe People’s Park. Btitor Sar:—t hope you will not let the Rock Creek Park boom, started in your valua- bie double sheet of two weeks since, by ist,” die out for want of agitation. Nc ovement for the welfare of the city of Wash- ington 1s So important, or demands more imme- diate action on the part of those having author- ity in the matter. As remarked by your corres- pondent, every year—yes, every month of pro- erastination in this matter does a wrong that can never be rectified; as all the money in the United States Treasury cannot replace the nd old trees that are dally being sacrificed yy the owners of the land for the sake of bring- ing In something in the way of money. Stephen Girard, the Philadelphia millionaire. who was very fond of arborculture, and until his death, lanted trees for the benefit of those coming after him, when asked by a friend if there was oo that money could not replace, replied, “Yes; a full grown tree!” If you will allow me the use of your valuable columns I will give my idea of what ts needed in the way of a = at this capital—the city being laid out unlike any other in the union—it not in the world In the first place there should be, say, 200 acres, in close proximity to the city limits for the use of the people, to be as a play ground, pic-nics, etc. "There should be no money squandered on {t for the benefit of so-called landscape gardeners and Contractors. It should be left in the state that God made it—trees for shade, and grass to walk upon; to be used for the benefit of fagged-out men, women and children, who are unable, like their more favored neighbors, to leave the city during the hot months of summer, and whose only Ume for recreation is after workin? hours. The city rks are beauilful and well enough in their way for people to stroll ‘through on the gravel walks, and fur the chi Gren to learn what “keep off the grass” Ieeans. Buta mother who cannot afford to keep or hire a carriage wants a place where she can her baby wagon over the grass wi'h- Out being walked off to Judge Snell's court and fined five dollars for oe apes) on the parking. ‘Then a belt of land should be purchased on bot ef Rock Creek, only broad enough to se- | cure the view on each side, like that taken b the city of Philadelphia on the Wissaickun, as far north as the survey line of the 1,509 acre park proposed by the government in compitance | With Senate resolution July isth, 1563, under the direction of Gen. Michler. Then crossing over by way of the old Milk House road to Broad Branch creek, thence along said cre-k | til It intersects with Rock Creek at Plerce’s MilL Ata rough estimate the whole distance Will not exceed ten miles, and several of those are now owned by the District, and passable roads already laid out along the line. The cost | Of maintaining such a park and drive would be nominal compared with such aone as the Sol- Giers’ Home, or Central Park in New York, and I think wouid afford more satisfaction to the general public. Pro Boso Pcstico. The Noise Nuisances. Entitor St Your correspondent “D.,”” 80 feelingly Cee the unhappy effect of street noises upon the sick, omits to toclude in the category those sad funeral knells al making the same solemn suggestion of the de- soul, which are so depressing to the spirits of an invalid, the same being a device of fome enterprising man to announce that he has milk for sale. To me, this one nuisance overtops all others. If one may be indulged in Savertiaing at the expense of the comfort of the yubiic, why not all? That is what It leads to. ‘odious clanging woke us this morning at five o'clock, and it dins on ull after nightfall. ‘There is no escape from its hateful sound, ex- as its abolishment. Cannot that be se- cured? % Faithful Labor. Long and close observation has satisfied us that the real obstacle in the way of finding em- Ployment does not lie in the fact that there 1s ot plenty of work to do—work which might be done toa agent in the tmpossibility of getting work done well, And the reason work not well done, is to be feund chiefly in the false notions of labor which prevail, and the antagonistic feelings which have been sedu- lously cultivated between employers and the employed. A man who regards work as a hardship, an pe ghee gp looks upon the time given to employer as a species of Itmited slavery— an never do anything well. He must take an interest in his Work if he would excel. ‘The true rule {s for a young man to make him- Self as useful as possibile to his employer. He should never feel sotistied with himseif so long as anything tn his ec to do to promote his employer's interest is tft undone. this way labor is rendered profitable, Promotion comes unsought and before it 1s ex- pected. Here lies the secret of success. A Dinner With the Queen. from a gastronomic point of view, It ay that there is nothing particularly desir. able in dining with the (queen, although it is 4 Eetviece much coveted by ambitious men. A sruished divine, who occasionally preaches at Windsor, and dines and sleeps there after- ward, said the other day that the dinner was a bly unsatisfactory affa'r to a hungry Temarkal man. It is not considered etiquette to continae eating of any particular course after the Queen ‘has partaken of it to her satifaction, and as her there ts hardly ume to take even one glass of wine before coffe ts brought in. The Queen does not put her cup on the ta- bie, but sips a little as the servant holds it on the sal Then her Majesty rises, and o all rise and stand back from me Queen thea makes the round o es po guests whon she may a honor, and then goes out, leaving the guests to _ ‘themselves a3 they like for the evening. our, Not Hardly Ever, But Never! ‘Never answer questions in general com} ‘That have been pat to others. = = , When traveling abroad, be over-boast- fal of your own country, Never lend an artiele you have borrowed, un- you have permission to do so. Never attempt to draw the attention of the Company u; urself. ‘Never exhibit anger or impatience, or excite- ment, when an it happens. tog together, — | a hea are talk- Ne Detween , Without enter a room — ‘The Homes and Graves of Jefferson and Madison. THE NEW MONUMENT FOR JEFFERSON—ADDI- TIONAL LEGISLATION REQUIRED—A VISIT TO THE OLD MONUMENT AND GRAVE—A SCENE OF DESECRATION AND DECAY—THE CONTRAST AT MADISON'S GRAVE. Owing to the inability of the government to acquire a perfect title to the ground under the act of Congress, specially passed in the Forty- fifth Congress, the erection of the monument Which was authorized over the grave of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, has been delayed, awalting additional legislation. The State de- partment has this week addressed a letter to the proper committee, submitting the defects which the Attorney General of the United States has found in the title, and asking for such legislation as will remedy them and permit the United States to proceed with the erection of the monument. Monti- cello, by which the estate of Jefferson is known, has been in littgation for a great many years, and has only been settled within the past few months by a legal sale to the principal heirs. For @ long time it was abandoned and the mansion remained wholly uninhabited; but it will be at last a matter of pride to the people of the entire country that the private estate has been re- claimed through private efforts, and that the grave, 50 long desecrated of the author of the Declaration of Independence, is to pass under the control of the government he was pre- eminent In forming and perpetuating: The proposition toerect a new monument over the grave of Jefferson prompted a visit to Monticello. The route 13 one of some six hours over the Virginia Midiand Raliroad from Wash ington, through Manassas, Culpeper, across the Rapidan, by Orange Court House and Gord ys- ville—milestones that mark the shocks of bat- tle—to Charlottesville. At this season of the year it is a most charming journey. May in Virginia is a lovely month. The rich green tollage of the receding spring-time 1s soft- ened by the balmy air of the coming summer. ‘The meadows are luxuriant, and the wild tlow- ers bloom in the valleys and the maple and elm wave on the hill to] As the train rolls around the edge of the val- ley of the Ravenna, just before you reach Char- lottesville, Monticello may be seen on the “little mountain” on the left through the open- ing in the old trees which nearly surround it. Monticello (pronounced as if spelled Montichel- fo) ts an Italian name meaning Little Mountain. The ascent. which {s about six hundred feet, above Charlottesville, is over an excellent road, overshadowed with wooded folds, througit Which now and then you catch glimpses of the beautiful country beneath that stretches for Mmiles till it meets the yicturesque sum- mit of the “Blue mountains.” Afier crossing the notch between Little Moun- tain on the left and Carter's Mountain that rises above it on the right, the road leading to Monti- cello Is steeper. Two-thirds of the way up and afew yards to the right of the road ina thick phe of woods Is located the grave ot Thomas efferson. The condition of the grave and the monument that marks it area disgrace to the American name. The location is desolate; the grave yard dilapidated, and the decay all but complete. The grave mound has been these many years leveled with the ground, while the monument has been defaced almost beyond re- cognition. For half a century the vandal— who would defy “the pestilence that walketh at noonday” to carry on his work of destruction—has chipped and hewn the zes of the shaft from base to apex, which now lo- cates the head of the grave, tll it looks as ff it had been placed there rough from its quarry. It was originally a coarse granite obelisk about nine feet high on a base three feet square, de- Signed with its inscriptions by Jefferson ‘him- Self, and erected soon after his death. “The legendary tablets of the past,” were utterly ob- iterated by the defacement with the single ex- ception of the words in block letters at the Born April 2, 0.8., 1743. sal down there without authorit from any one and levied admittance to Monti- cello, where Wi mn and Madison and Lafayette had been welcomed! The description Of the house is possibly too well known to re- quire one here, It standson the very apex of the mountain, and was formerly surrounded by ornamental cs and is now half embowered in trees. It is a long brick structure of a lofty balustraded single story, surmounted by a dome with icos front and rear. One of Mr. Jefferson’s idiosyncracies was a fondness for architecture. While the hall was large and the Tooms spacious, the stairway was so narrow as to be uncomfortable to a stout person, and quite in contrast to the stairways of that date at Mount Vernon and Montpelier. The hall opened into an O>tagonal dining room with sliding glass fold- ing doors with a finish that looked modern, ‘The second floor was cut up into all kinds of inconceivable bed rooms owing to the form of the hous! In the Some there Was one room used for dancing parties, and at other times as | adrawing room. In all of the bed rooms there were dark narrow alcoves for the beds which were partly a fixture in the walls. There were hére and there odd pteces of furniture, and an old carri: which belonged to Jefferson; but “the marble 6nd brescia tables, French mirrors and handsome sofas” which adorned the house | With the statuary and paintings have gone long ago. ‘The view from Monticello ts magnificent. For fifty miles on the lett till the scene is melted into the haze of the Blue Ridge to Willis moun- tain on the right, forty miles distant, there is one vast. sea of verdure “‘stretched out Uke a map under the feet.” There may be more beau- itul views, but they must be rare—very rare irem an eminence suitable fora dwelling place. MONTPELIER—THE GRAVE OF MADISON. ‘The condition of the grave and monument of James Madison is quite in contrast with that of detferson. The country seat of Madison is Mentpeller, in Orange county, Va., about four tiles from Orange station, o. the Virginia Mid- ‘i railroad, and about sixty miles Ucelo, Some minutes before the grand old mansion is reached the granite obelisk over Madison’s grave is visible through the flelds half amile to the right of the house. [tis located in a large field and inclosed with a sub- stantial brick wall, quite one hundred feet square and five feet in height. On the east side there is a small, plain iron gate, with the words in iron letters: MADISON 1820. On the shaft, which is a graceful one, twenty feet high, resting on a pedestal of four pleces there 1s no other inscription than this in large, plain, sunken letters on the width of the shaft at its base: MADISON, BORN MARCH 16, 1751, The date of his death, though he died at 85, 4s not cut in the granite. The grave is in ex. cellent condition and well taken care of by the present owner of Montpelier. By the side of the monument there is a smaller obelisk of marble over the grave of Mrs. Madison, whose accomplishments and virtues have come down to us from the republican court which she adorned at Washington in the days of the ad- ministrations of President Madison. Montpelier is in pleasant. contrast with Mon- cello, Madison succeeded to it as a child, and it looks to-day more like one of those country- seats in England which have been handed down from generation to generation, than the for- mer residence of the “expounder of the Constl- tution.” Though the scenery is not so grand nor so extensive as at Monticello, Montpelier is nevertheless a most attractive place. The house is large and plain, though flanked with hand- some columned porticos. ‘The region,” says an old writer, ‘is one where nature has shed, in great beauty, the softest picturesque of hill-and dale, forest and glade. At hand in the rear ri as If to adorn the prospect with bolder _ contrasts, the gracefully wavering chain of the southwest mount to fence on one side the vale of Orange and Albemarle, on whose southeastern edge of noddling woods and greentields Mont- se lier lies embosomed and embowered; while on he other side, in the airy distance beyond that vale, tower in fantastic Mne the blue peaks of the long Apalachian range, breaking the horizon as if to form another and more fanciful one.” Such are Monticello and Montpelier, the homes and the graves of Jefferson and Madison. Died July 4, 1826. The full epitaph which Mr. Jefferson wrote, and a rough pen and ink sketch of a monument for himself was found in a private drawer shortly after his death. It was to be an obelisk or rants, eight feet high, (it appeared to be a little over nine feet), and to bear the following inscription: HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN BNDBEENDENGE, of THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOX RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The tnscription for the base was to be: Born, April 2, O. S. 1743. Died, * His wishes were fully carried out, the blank pe ne having been filled with “July "In an old pocket account book of 1741, among other memoranda in Jefferson's handwriting was the following selection of a burial place: “ Choose some unfrequented vale in the park, where is ‘no sound to break the stillness Dat a | brook, that bubbling winds among the weeds; | No mark of human shape that has been there unless the skeleton of some poor wretch, who sought that place out to despair and die in.’ | Let it be among anctent and venerable oaks; intersperse some gloomy evergreens. Appro- priate one-half to the use of my own family, the other to strangers, servants, étc. * * *” Let the exit look on a small and distant part of the Blue mountains.” The grave-yard {s located on’an unfrequented slope of the mountain, ‘among ancient and venerable oaks,” “interspersed” with a solitary evergreen, but no sound of brooks “that bub- bling winds among the weeds,” breaks the Sulliness. A tall pine waving in the breeze, “Singing old songs with new gladness” was the onlysound. The graves, of which there are thirty besides that of Jefferson, are partly surrounded by an old brick wall about an hundred feet square and eight or ten feet high, with high, rust-eaten tron gates, wide enough to admit a carriage on the north and west sides. On the south the entire wali is level with the ground, and on the west a portion has fallen. Within the toclosure, as stated, everything is the picture of desolation and decay. With the exception of two or three marble slabs, which mark the graves of some of Jefferson’s descend- ants, buried as late asten years ago, there is notone that is not cracked or defaced, over- gore with the weeds, or out of its place. It ts alf covered with rank weeds and loose stones and bricks. On the west wall the “Virginia creepers” are struggling to grow out of the Place before they put on the scarlet tints of the autumn, and within the bloom of a stngle bush of egaltine only relieves the decay which met one at every siep. There is no trace whatever of the grave of Mrs. Jefferson, which was about the first inter- ment and which was located by the side of the obelisk of Jefferson. He survived her forty-four years. In i551 this grave and Its slab of white marble were visible with the simple inscription: “Martha Jefferson, born in 1745 O. 8. Inter- married with Thomas Jefferson January ist, 1772; Torn from him by death Sept. 6th, 1732: This monument of love 1s inscribed.” On the other side of the obelisk the slab covering the a of Jefferson's oldest daughter is partially legible. What 1s missing ts in brackets: “M. A. R—([Martha Jefferson Randolph), eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, born Sept. 2%i—(i72)._ Intermarried with Thomas Mann Randolph Feb. 23, i790. Died Oct. 10, 1836, She possessed a strong and cultivated * * * mild and gentle temper; warm, affectionate * and self-sacrificing in all her dutles. This is a slight mark of the love borne by her son, Thos. Jefferson Randolph.” The latter, the first grandson of Thomas Jefferson, died but a few years (We was president in 1572 of the National Democratic Convention, whtch met at Baltimore). He was shee when Jefferson died and furnished Mr. Randall, his biographer, oe account of Jefferson’s last mo- ment From him it is learned that Mr, Jetferson had no funeral It was his wish that his interment Should be private and without parade of any kind, and no notice of the hour of interment nor invitations were issued. His was borne down the mountain side from hts residence by a iitue procession of his family and servants, but at bon his Irtends and neighbors had gathered in a drenching rain to pay their last Uribute of affection. ‘the burial service of the Episcopal Church was read over the remains at the grave. Mr. Jefferson was invited to the city ot Wash! non the 4th of July—the day on which he —to join in the the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of American Indepen- thou; anxious, naa be salts to see his “ancient as see " ne‘ghbors” in that city. In his last days Jefferson wrote to Madison:— ‘Take care of me when and be assured I shall leave with you my affections.” Al- though Mr. Randall tells us that this probably referred to a defence of his political life it is an Pole’ to sake trom furtuer desecration, Gis to save from Les ple of silence and reconciliation.” G. W. A. What the Poet Saw at the Theater. While the curtain was up there were storms of applause, And laughter frequent and loud, While my simple conclusion respecting the cause, Was that something Cae 6 crowd ; And to join, if I could, in their cheerful delight, Tati ted firat this way, then th: Bent forward, leant sideways, sat very upright— \d 80 did the : gol for id veal if ute it ound mi: utteriy out And the pleasure I paid for was missed. ‘That the play of the evenibg was food I'll engage, But to me its performance was flat, Since, though hearing at times what was said on Thad seen Well, a Gainsborough hat! A Warning to the Ladies. (Paris Letter to Chicago Tribune. ] Iam reminded of an adventure related in a prominent Parisian journal, which induces me tosend an injunction to American ladies to beware of dahlias and hollyhocks. The nar- rator states that, as he was walking along the Rue Vivienne, he was attracted by a dls- es of hideously-shaped hats, each one of Which was adorned with a gigantic dahlia or uolyhock of the most brilliant color. rromoted by curio ity, he entered the store and in- qutied for whom they were intended. and was informed by the marchanie d? motes, while she coquettishly placed a bow on a charming hat, a marvel of good taste and dis- Unetion, that their destination was America, “The ladies of that country, then, have an admiration for monstrous flowers and hideous poles?” remarked the interrogator, “O yes! they sell a merveille. But they are abominable enough to set one’s teeth on edge, and itis a dreadful task lo make them.” “Do you ever send them hats made a3 those you make for Parisians?” * O never! They would not please them.” ‘The above 1s literally transcribed, and may serve to prove that everything which is made in France, and especially toud and outre styles, are not stylish in Paris, nor the least ‘*Frenchy.” And I will here remark that the prettyhats which American ladies bring with tnem to Paris are frequently copied by Parisian belles, and gen- eral observation proves that the fashions ex- ple from France do not excell those of New ork in beauty, style or elegance. A well- dressed lady in New York, Chicago or any other large city in the United States would be well dressed in the same attire in Paris. How the New Bishops Look. (N. Y. Sun.) The four new Methodist bisho) white neck-ties, high slik hats and no mous- taches. Bishop Warren 1s tail, slim, has brown hair and whiskers of the same color, trimmed to a point under the chin. His eyes are brown with a bluish tendency, there is nothing re- markable in their expression, and his nose 1s rather prominent. In walking, he buttons up his dress coat and takes long steps. Bishop Foss is tall, thin, dignified, and a near view ‘shows him to be really good-looking. His fore- head is square and high, his eyes very dark and his hair iron gray, as are his whiskers, which extend under his chin. His nose is Roman. He the alr of an educa- tor, the manners ol a Senter: and 1s endowed with considerable personal magnetism. Bishop Hurst has a strong face, large, lustrous eyes, aGreclan nose, overarch- ing eyebrows and a high rounding forehead. His hair is rather thin, inclined to be sandy, and nerally looks as if he had ier run his hands rough it. His only facial adornment is a ‘small goatee. He stoops a little in the should- ers, and holds his head forward, giving the chin 4 slight upward inclination. He wears a Prince Albert coat closely buttoned, and looks like a man of distinction. Bishop Haven 1s not more than five feet five or six inches in me and 13 so slim that itisdoubtful if he weighs more than 130 pounds. He has a sharp, protrudin: re a small veoh eee unmarkt features generally. He is getting and his hair is oat White, which, with nis "bonevo: lent expression, makes him 100k venerable. Bismarck’s Obstinacy. (Pall Mall Gazette. } In spite of a vigorous opposition the anti- Socialist laws avons the third reading io the German parliament by a majority of nearly a hundred votes. Prince Bismarck is determ- ined to sit upon the safety-valve, notwithstand- such a warning as that which he has re- ved from Hamburg. When men of the char- acter of Dr. Liebknecht and Dr. Windthorst de- nee es Mgrs in ~ are a carr {Ling o1 grave danger of renew! these aggravating measures tor six tis and o to reconsider the proposals. The crimes of Hodel and Nobiling all wear should not be visited upor a& whole le: What says Dr, Liebknecht? “By deprt he Soctalists of the right to pronounce and print their views, even when an election was in pro- ress, faith had been lost that there was any flope of obtaining redress of thelr grievances by peaceful means.” Precisely. And the3e very ‘thus exasperated by being deprived of the pes mea tanael “thee east of the Ger- man army, where they are carefully itac- him. One was a national the other was rogressist, and both were opposed to the a anti Soclalist we. §@-About a year before his death some one ‘iliam Cullen Bryant a picture of apple Piosson In acknow! pie he eee Dlossoms. wrote: “They do not exactly sult the jays of life’s December, but they tein cl oe, het towrmen chante Belarofand whre ope RELIGIOUS NOTES. i Dr. Duff said: “To give a missionary to every thousand le of India would draw from the British Is their entire Protestant ministry and egg Sean of thelr active Christian — The Reformed Episcopalians are succeeding among the colored population of South Carolina. They we NOW seventeen Co! tions, witha total membership of 1,200, Six lonaries are also laboring in the field. —The next Protestant Episcopal General Convention will be asked to establish a new missionary to be and to imelide parts ot Oregon, Washington aud anc clude parts of Oregon, mn ani Idaho territories. — Charles Beecher to Col. Ingersoll : Take a | pencil and mark out every verse in the Bible | that you think open to criticism on ethical and moral grounds—would there not be a solid volume left? Would you efface the Lord’s rayer? Would you erase the Sermon on the Mount? Would you find any fault with the dying prayer of Jesus? — A letter from Rome speaks of the decrease in Peter's pence and of the economy of Leo XIIL, who has cut down the expenses of the Vatitan greatly. The Pope, however, ts lavish in his expenditures on the schools of Rome. The future of the city is, he thinks, dependent on what fs done with the children, so he 1s doing ail that fs possible to instruct them. — Referring to the recent fall of Rev. Dr. Peltz from his high position in community and the church, the Eraminer and Chronicle, the leading paper of the Baptist denomination says: “It is simply horrible to think of such a fall onthe part ofsuch a man—probably the most widely known and Influential Sunday- school man in the Baptist denomination. We are told by friends who have since seen him in Philadelphia that his penitence is of the de2y- est character, but penitence has not power to wipe out a reproach of this kind.” — The Hon. George R. Wendiing,who has don° good service to the cause of humanity as a lec- turer In opposition to the infidel tenets of Mr. Ingersoll, bears the following testimony to the character of the clergy: “The clergy constitute the most humane and self-sacrificing class of men to be found on earth to-day. I have been in the last year in every northern state, from Maine to Nebraska, and everywhere the clergy are doing the most for humanity, not only in the way of religious ministration, but I mean in caring for the poor, the wretched, the homeless, the sick, the weak, and intemperate.” —Sadler’s Catholic Directory gives some rules for the use of colors in church celebrations. On Good Friday, Corpus Christi, and in requiem masses black is indicated; violet is used on pen- itential occasions; red Is used on Pentecost and the feasts of the apostles and martyrs; white is used in the festivals of our Lord and the Virgin; green is used from Trinity Sunday to Advent, and xt otherprescribed times. There are double, semi-double, simple offices, Sundays of the first class, Sundays of the second class, vigils and collects, and secrets, and post-communions, and first, second and third prayers, and many other terms which are as Greek to the non-Catholic, which require certain alterations as to colors. — According to Robert Collyer, a good dinner inspires a good sermon. Ata recent banquet in New York he sald: “When Banks came on to Chicago to take the presidency of the Illinois Central railroad, they got up a great dinner and invited me, and I remember what a good time we had and the one sermon that I wrote, Which seemed to me to strike fire, I wrote that week. It was published and printed, and did a great deal of good, and I never told the secret until to-night. Another reason why ministers should be invited to these dinners Is illustrated by the story of the caterer in Boston, who, when he was preparing a dinner for a number of clergymen, was asked why he made sucha spread. liis answer was; ‘Those pious folks eat awful’” — The reports predatea at the last annual meeting, of the American Sunday-School Union showed that in the last fitty-six years schools have been Sie with 441,085 teach- ers and 2,916,599 pupil In addition to the Sun- day schools actually organized,the records show Uthat by visits and words of counsel and encour- agement, and gifts of books and papers, assist- ance has been extended in 105,515 cases, repre- senting a membership of 777,952 teachers and 5,767,672 puplis. ‘The amount expended in mis- slonary operations from 1324 to 15S is $2,549.- 588.89, of which about $567,470 was for books and papers. During the last year 1,277 new schools were organized, with 5,629 teachers and 46,727 Scholars; 2,908 other schools have been visited and aided; 252,136 miles have been traveled, 5,977 addresses delivered; 3,614 Bibles and 9,176 ‘Testaments distributed; 1,873 families visited. —Areviewer in the June Scribner, writing of Huxley's book on the Crayfish, defines the Status of the evolution discussion in the fol- lowing terse paragraph: “It is somewhat re- markable that a man so keen and clear-headed as Professor Huxley can think to settle the origin of all things by merely pushing the dimfi- culty of transformation from the non-living elements to living organisms back a few mii- ons of years. A miracle differs from ordiaary phenomena, not in degree, but in kind. Granted a force able to transform one atom of inorganic matter into a Hvinggerm, and we have a God capable of creating a universe, With all his brilliancy of intellect and power of logical thought, Professor Huxley can belleve that somehow, in some Infinite distance of time, by a fortuitous combination of force and matter, some fragment of inorganic matter became en: dued with life, which was, by the action of blind force, developed into the well ordered system of the organic world, and yet he scoffs at the ab urdity of the belief that Will, the one uncorrelated force of which we know, should have anything to do with that or any other transformation. Truiy, the faith that science demands puts to shame the faith of religion:” —A sensation has been caused in Roches“er, N. Y., by the Rev. Myron Adams, pastor of Ply- mouth Cong tional Church, who last Sun- day evening called,his people together,saying he had something to say which might affect his Standing in the church. Selecting for his text “Let Love be Without Dissimulation,” he boldly denounced the Idea of hell as the doctrine of the devil, and took the position of Canon Far- rar, to ‘Here I declare and cal! God to witness that if the popular idea of hell were true Isnould be wi! Dg to renounce an im- mortality of happiness, if thereby I could save asingle soul. I can concetveof no happy im- mortality while millions of my fellow-creatures, some of whom I had dearly loved, were at the same time writhing in agony, and without hope.” Dr. Adams thinks the church is de- clining, and says Bishop Simpson’s statemeat in his sermon at Cincinnati, on Sunday of last week, was a sort of whistling to keep up cour- age. Skepticism, he BAYB, Was crushing the eburch, and the church was to blame for preaching a false doctrine about the future condition of the race. A dispatch from Roches- ter says: “It is not belleved that Mr. Adam3 will be forced to resign, as the | bea mem- bers of his cone reeacn Stand by him. Mr. Adams isa luate of Hamilton College and the Auburn Theological Seminary, is about 40 years old, and is one of the most thoughtful and eloquent preachers in the city.” = Family Hotels, (New York Times.} Within two or tree years a new kind of hotel, known as the private family hotel, has sprupg up in this city, and has proved so popu- lar that it 1s certain to multiply. Hotels of this Stamp are new to the country, and as unlike our tees teeming caravansaries as they well can be and retain the same name. They receive no transient people; their rooms are divided into suites, usually rented by the year, and often furnished by the occupant. There is a regular restaurant, at which the patrons take their meals, (each family, or set, at a small table, always reserved.) paying a fixed price, enerally $14 a week for each person. ‘he suites for one or two commonly consist of a parlor or sitting room, a bed chamber and bath room; but they are larger, of course, when intended fora family. Most of the patrons are married couples who have no children, or whose children have grown up, or are away at school,though some families with small children like these hotels as well as private houses, and say they have the same advantages. There are at present six or seven family hotels here, all in or near 5th avenue, and they are so much ap- proved that they are continually full, except of course in summer, when their renters are out of town. They seem destined to become a favor- ite mode of living. ‘hey are not cheap; nothing good or desirable ever is cheap, eee ey are not Ben dear, = na things go. They are rather less expensive than the great hotels would be, and have far more comfort for anybody who cares for quiet. Per- sons who have tried housekeeping year after year have adopted the family hotel, and prefer the ‘There areso many ul- Ues in the way of home king in thiscity, not- withstanding that they are materially less than they have been, that the new sort of hotel may be as one of the repeated essays to- wardimprovement. The chief trouble here is the cost of living, especially of rent. Persons who have liberal incomes or earn! are Te- Neved trom any number of household cares. But those dependent on ordinary salaries, have of necessity a constant struggle. Or Henry D. THorav Mr. Robert Collyer says that when he saw him in 1861, that charmlog writer was over 40, but looked no more than 39. He Was a rather slender man, but of a fine mould, and with a presence which touched you ‘with the feeling of purity, as newly- Opened roses do. And it was a clear-rose-tinted face he turned to you, delicate to look at as the face of a girl, and eyes, the seer’s eyes, full of Quiet sunshine. It was a strong face, too, and the nose was notable; and his voice was low, but still sweet of tone, ‘Uhough the organs were all in revolt just then, while his words were as ci and trae to the ear as those ofa roa singer. I not-ced, also, that he never went back on his tracks to pick up the fullen loops of @ sentence, as common- talkers do, He wouid hestt sometimes EDUCATIONAL TOPICS. —Male teachers in the Wisconsin public Schools receive $51 69 a month; female teachers ice The cost per capita of instruction is —The Regents of California University have formally disapproved of secret societies and re- oe students entering the instttutton to re- In from joining any such while under the college rule. —Michigan has just apportioned the sum of $226.954.60 among herschools. —Mr. J. Eakin, of Washington College, Penn., is going to Siam to act as Pro.essor of English language and literature in the Royal college at | Bangkok. He will receiye $1,500 a year. — Reading aloud has its physical advantages | while contributing to the cultivation of the | Voice; the lungs are thus expanded and their | healthy action promoted in a degree which | does not occur in mere conversational utter- | ances. — Harvard's summer school in geology will begin its work at Cambridge July 7, and will continue four weeks. There will be excursions for field work three or four times a week. —It is proposed to introduce technical educa- tion in Girard College, and plans for the same spared. are to be immediately pre} —The salary schedule of the Albany schools names the principal of the high school as re- ¢ ‘tving $3,000; the professor of Latin and Greek, $2,100, and the professor of mathematics, $2,100. —There Is a fund in Texas cf $200,000 derived from the sale of public lands, and set apart for the jens of a state university. Governor Roberts wishes to have one built and organized at AusUn. — “ A Father of a Family” writes to the Lon- don Times that in England the school hours are too short and the home-lessons too long. “I think,” he adds, ‘without putting too great a strain on the masters or mistresses, the lessons might be done tn school hours, where the child has the proper assistance, instead of struggling ler two or three hours in the evening and often an hour In the morning without completing the task. Most sensible persons think so too. — There will be two normal institutes for the Virginia teachers this summer, one for white and the other for colored teachers, to open the middle of July and to continue six weeks. ‘They are supported by the Peabody fund whicti the directors are devoting, for the present, t» the training of teachers in the south. —Anarticleon “Teaching in Nebraska” in the Pennsylvania School Journal for May, says: “The state is overrun with teachers of nearly all grades, and positions, for persons without friends, are very difficult to obtain, while wages are no better thanin the east. Hunareds are going west and want a chance to teach until they can get acquainted with the country and see something else to do. Num- vers from the east, thinking to work up into something better, are doing harder work and for less pay than they would have had at home.” —There are several flourishing schools tn China conducted by American teachers, and through the translation department of the Em- pire more than 30,000 volumes of translated works in sclence, art, ete., have been sold. In the schools of this country 120 Chinese youths are receiving instruction. —A correspondent of the New York Evreniny Post, writing from Berlin, asserts that the German elementary schools, especially the Prussian, are becoming poorer rather than bet- ter, and that France has made such strides of late in public instruction that in some particu- lars she is already ahead of Germany. He sup- ports his statements by the latest educational statistics of the two countries, and adds that two years ago he heard a well known German professor express grave doubts about the lower classes In Germany being better educated than those in France. The Frenchmen, he thinks, ~do not intend to let the German ‘schoolmas- ters’ whip them again.” —The importance of teaching a correct man- agement of the voice is illustrated by an anec- dote told by M. Legouve in a recent lecture on the art of read‘ng. He sald that Berryer, the great orator, used to declare that he once lost nis case by having opened his pleading in too high-pitched a tone. His volee rapidly became ured, his intellectual powers felt the effect of his vocal fatigue, and his arguments were not delivered with sufficient energy to obtain a tri- umph. — Superintendent Peaslee, of Cincinnati, says that the greatest mistake that is being made in the American schools {s the constant drive in arithmetic at the expense of compost- Uon and literature. Mr. Peaslee wants less cramming for per cents and more education—to set before pupils higher aims for study than monthly averages. His convictions have led to the establishment in the Cincinnatt schools of “*Poets’ Dazis,” and the systematic study of lit- erature. The children are made to not only memorize oa selections of the highest char- acter, but to learn something about the authors, and to talk about them. — At the recent meeting of a local Massachu- setts teachers’ association one of the speakers urged the need of improving the readtng of chil- dren out of school hours—the especial necessity of mingling history and biography with the tn- evitable fiction. He asked that the quantity of the reading of the young should be reduced and the quality improved, and mentioned with some severity the sort of books furnished by Sunday-school libraries. Itisa pity that this kind of literature should not be oftener exam- ined by competent persons. A worse collection of milk and water trash almost wholly without nobility of pul or excellence of style could hardly be found than the books of the average Sunday-school library. It seems to be time that churchmen should realize that the goody- goody is not the religious, and that children are capable of assimilating something better than the feeble stuff they present to them. Goop READING FOR CHILDREN.—At the recent meeting of a local Massachusetts teachers’ as- sceiation one of the speakers urged the need of improving the reading of children out of school hours—the especial necessity of mingling his- tory and biography with the inevitable ficlon. He asked that the quantity of the reading of the young should be reduced and the quality improved, and mention with some severity the sort of ‘books furnished by Sunday school libraries. It isa pity that this kind of literature should not be oitener examined by competent persons. A worse collection of milk and water trash, almost wholly without nobility of purpose or excel- lence of style, could hardly be found than the books of the ave! Sunday school library. It seems to be time ths churchmen should real ze that the goody gi is not the religious, and capable of assimilating some- thing better than the feeble stuff they present to them. Epvcation tn Evrors.—The following num- bers, which have been published in the educa- tonal organs of Germany, represent approxi- mately the present state of the chief European nations in regard to school education. Ger- many, with upwards of 42,000,000 inhabitants, has 60,000 schools, attended by 6.000,000 scholars, giving an avet of 10) scholars to each insti- tution. The expenditure on account of schools in that country ave 2.96 marks, or 28. 113d. per head of the population. England, with 34,000,000 inhabitants, has 58,000 schools, at- | tended by 3,000,000 scholars, or an average Of 52 to each school, and at an expense of 1.96 marks, or 1s. 10444. per head of the population. Austria- Tiungary, with 37,000,000 of people, has 39,000 schoo!s,attended by 3,000,000 pupils,or 100 pupils each, at an expense of 1.68 marks, or 1s. $d. per head ofthe population. France with 37,009,000 of people, has 71,000 schools and 4,700,000 pupils. or 66 per School, the expenditure averaging 1.45 marks, or nearly is. 6d. per head of the popula- tion. Spain, with 17,000,000 of people, has 20,000 schools and 1,600,000 scholars, or 56 per school, the expenditure See 1.40 marks, or 1s. 4,0. per head of the population. Italy has 28,- 000,000 of peaple, 47,000 schools, and 1,900,000 scholars, or 40 per school, the ae being 0.84 mark, or 10d. per head of the population; while Russia, with 47,000,000 of ple, has 32,- 000 schools and 1,100,000 scholars, or, 85 per school, the average ‘expenditure being 0, mark, or rather more than 34d. per head of the population. Tennyson and the “Plump Head- Waiter at the Cock. A private letter froma New Yorker in Lon- don says: “I had the good fortune the other day to come upon Tennyson tal his chop Above the did ‘Temple bar which he bas made above the ol 1} wi , ‘The Cock? ‘Thad the curiosity to look for the ‘half a pint of port’ in the poem, but 1 saw at the bard’s elbow no fruity or crusted, but a plain pewter of stout, which the author of ‘Locksley Hall’ disci any northern farmer of them all He is aged and ‘worn, and bent in the back, with hollow chest, but I think these are rather the effects of a e of mint a. marks of physical debility, for he looked tough mI . Ten, beauty. Now, you must know that the waiter, immo - ‘Which has given the ‘Cock’ a sort of literary reputation.” 5 ta-Mr. Labouchére writes: ‘I confess that I have very little confidence in dramatic criti- cism. In France, even more than in England, abet oe fap gelipelir de hehe ie ee ears Lee ene, © ither cE HALE’S EXECUTION 4S 4 SPY, {Harper's Magazine for June.] After the Long Island affair, Washington was totally my a loss at proper nn gy and evi mporary expedient se- it. Not but the ee river Det now between him and the powerful enemy, it was of the utmost importance that he should be warned in ample time of their ad- vance, ** As everything,” he wrote to Heath, at Kingsbridge, “ina manner depends upon ob- taining intelligence of the enemy's Be erat I do most earnestiy entreat you and Gen. Cynton to exert yourselves to accomplish this most de- Sirable end. Leave no stone unturned, nor do hot stick at expense, fo bring this to pass. as I hever Was more uneasy than on account of my want of Knowledge on this score. Keep con- stant look-outs,” he adds, “with good glasses on some commanding heights that look well on to the other shore.” It was in this emergency, when a successful accomplishment of Washington’s wishes would have been of the greatest use to the army, Uaat Captain Hale stepped forward to offer its ser- vices. It happened that he had recently volun- teered to act as one of the officers of Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Knowlton’s new corps of Rangers, organized to scout between the lines, Teel the enemy’s position, and report directly to The commander-in-chief. Knowlton was a gal- lant officer, a near townsman of Hale's, and must have known his worth, or he could not have accepted him for the Rangers, ay in September, when Washington’s suspense was keenest, the colonel broached the matter of ob- taining the desired information to his own of- ficers, In the hope that some one of them might ve able to serve the chief. The sages ton appears to have deeply impressed Hale, who, after the interview with Know Went to talk the subject over with his fellow officer and college friend Captain William Hall, oa Webb's regiment. This we know from Hull aimself. The two captains discussed the ques- Uon of undertaking the role of a spy. Hull used every argument to dissuade Hale from the dan- gerous service, and appealed to him as a sold not to run the risk of closing his promisin; career with an ignominious death. Male, how- ever, although fully sensible of the conse- quences of capture, could think of nothing but duty. He told Hull that for a year he had been attached to the army, and had rendered no ma- terial service; that he wished to be usefal: was uniniluenced by the expectations of promo- ‘lon or pecuniary reward; and so far as the pe- v cullar duty In question was coneéraed, he felt | that every kod OF ser p necessary 10 the public good became honorable by being neces sary. Calmly and firmly deciding the question for himselt, Hale soon after reported to Washing- ton his readiness to enter the British lines in disguise. What instructions, what advice, what cautions, he received from the general there are no records to tell us. These facts only we know certainly: that he suddemly disappeared from camp, passed up the Connecticut coast, changed his uniform for a school-master’s garb, crossed to Huntington, Long Island, and then made his way to the enemy at Brooklyn and New York—never to return. After making satisfactory observations, taking sketches of works, and wilting his notes in Latin, he was on the point of returning to the Connecticut shore, when he was seized and held as a spy. A boat was to have met him at Huntington Bay, and on the morning of the 1Sth or 19th of September, as he was waiting near the shore, thesupposed craft made its appearance ; he approached it only to find that it was a yawil froma British cruiser lying below, and that retreat On his part was impossible. Or- dered to surrender, with the guns of the ma- rines leveled at him, he yielded to the situa Uon, was taken to the man-of-war, conveyed to New York, and there delivered to the mill- tary authorities, At New York, Hale was brought before William Howe, the English commander chief. An American spy at that time was ly to receive but trifling consideration. Hale | received none. Four years later, when Andre was captured, every attention and comfort was accoraed him by W: n's Officers during his confinement and tri He himself ex- pressed his grateful appreciation of their ten- derness. But André was the adjutant general or British army, and mixed up with Arnold and Clinton in a dazzling plot to obtain an American stronghold. He was out on “ofti- cial” business. In addition, in 1780 both sides were treating each other with more military respect than in the first years of the war. In 1776 poor Hale was a wretched Continental— rebel as well as spy—and punishment could be neither too swift nor too severe. Possibly in 1776 an English officer, caught in the Ameri- can camp under Hale’s circumstances, would lave recelved like treatment, so far as imme- diate condemnation was concerned. In Hale's case certainly the treatment was summary as well as peculiarly heartless. The only relief in the picture is the noble bearing of the prisoner. Instead of attempting a defense, or explaining the papers found upon his person, he frankly declared his rank in Washington's army, and the object of his visit to the British camp. It tradition and meagre records are correct, the scene of his examination and sentence was the ilttle greenhouse in the garden of the old Beek- man mansion, on 52d street, near Ist avenue, where Howe had fixed his headquarters. Upon tunis confession the British commander—and !t is difficult to see how he could have done ovher- wise—pronounced him a spy, and ordered his exccutlon to take place on the following mora- ‘The “following morning” was Sanday, th? 22d of September, 1:76. Where Hale spent that night, whether at tbe jail (the present Hall of Records), or at some guard-nouse, docs not sppear. One thing is known, that, he was put to the care of a provost marshal of a most bbuman sort, said to be the noted Cunningham, whose name afterward sent a shudder throwzit every one who chanced to become his prisoner. As-ured that his fate was sealed, Hale requested that he might be attended by a clergyman, but this was refused by the marshal; so, too, was his request fora Bible. On the fatal morning he was led out to the place of his execution, which, upon the best data at hand, appears to have been the Rutgers’ orchard, not far above Franklin Square, on East Broadway, and there calmly awaited his fate. Pendittg the prepara- lions, an English officer received permission to have Hale remain in his tent, where the latter found time to write letters to his mother and a comrade in the army. When André walked to the scaffold in 1789, no sign of faintness escaped him. but bowing to all around he said, at the closing moment, “Gentlemen, you will bear witness that I die with tne firmness becoming a soldier.” Eye- witnesses on the occasion have left the record ‘hat his self-possession throughout the tryin: scene was perfect. This was equally true ol Hale, but Hale was far from being a profes- sional soldier, and the thought of sustuining that character to the end seems not to have oc- curred to him. Andié could not belie the tra- ditioual courage of the British officer. Hale could not belie the cause he had voluntarily espoused, and when summoned from the tent where he had written the letters, to suffer his fate, his heart found spontaneous and unaf- fected utterance in words not to be forgotten. “1 only regret” he said, to the few spectators present, “tat I have but one Life to lose for my country.” Does any page in history furnish the example of a purer patriot than Hale? CONFERRING KNIGHTHOOD. A Knight's Account of the Cerem ony From a Volume by Sir Stephen Lakeman. } The scene of the ceremony ~~ Windsor ~~ le, and the knight expectant was conversing with the duke a Brabant, now king of the Bel- glans, when an usher carried him off for pre- sentation to her majesty. “It was a small oak-panelied room, in the middle of which stood a lady surrounded by sedate-looking men. I felt as if a mistake had been made—tnat I had got into the manorial en- closure instead of the strangers’ pew—and was Sumbidst way possible, as.a proof of my unin blest wa} ie, \- teutlonal intragion, when the lady mentioned smiled so kindly that I left off bowing and walked further on. There was bo ni ity to tell me now that I was in the presence of the Queen. I felt that] was. Whatever may be orten thought nowadays of ‘such divinity as doth hedge monarchs,’ I for my part was ready at once to acknowledge that fealty to England’s ruler which poop ihad only offered to the: dear country itself. “After afew words had passed, a cushion was ‘Land laid before me, and then an- other, on which there was a enn ty cme | sword. Some one behind me w! that ‘was to kneel—an operation by no means agree- able toa man before company. This = my did, and so remained, weignt othe sword cn Pe fo | a aa was complete without ma ediately said, ‘Arise, Sir Stephen,’ held oa oe toes to kee I did kiss it, and felt in 80 that she had not maay in her wide reals ee more devotedly than aera cuanlone were Temov |; the queen gra- clously smiled to all around and jeft we retired together the THE GREAT DANSBUSE. Chevalier Wikoffs Recollections of jer. Fanny Elssi anny Eleter—who is sul mpm j and who has ced to wignree-score years and ten—was tn- it this country by Mr. Wikof™, who C Ir friendship: Mile. Elssier occu; the chiet r of a man- sion in this central position, and mounting to the premier we passed several ric! ed rooms and were ushered into boudoir, where we found the Mary earnest parley With the diva of the dameee es xhe received us with exceeding courtesy, and ‘the conversation forthwith The Marquis spoke English perfectly and translated at Inter- vals to the lady what passed between him and Mr. Price. The length of the engagement pro- posed, the time and the terms were all fully - cussed, and whilst this was going on fT had abundant opportunity to contemplate this cele- brated woman. I was struck by her quiet, lady- lke appearance. She was above the medium height and divinely formed, as I had often seen on the stage. Her features were well shaped, and the eyes, of dark wonderfully soft and gentle. Her head was utifully shaped, countenance singularly sweet and Winntt; volce, too, was low and musical. Every move ment Was the incarnation of grace. What pur- zied me was that so meek and placid a creature should have made such a furore in Europe, on and off the stage. One would have supposed from her retirin; alr and modest deportment that she had beea reared in a convent or Thad budded in som> “cool, sequestered vale,* far away from the haunts of men and the purlieus of the opera Louse. Could she be as Innocent and contidin z a8 she looked? Had the admiration of suttors the enthusiasm of multitudes, the homage of drinces, fallen unnoticed on the ground? uid she have walked, or rather danced, over so iany hot ploughshares without scorchtag he Uny feet? Was it passibie to live in the m ilari- ous atmosphere in Which she had been bred ax her it seemed te me wei the colloquy of th Marquis and my friend Price she rarely spoke, simply nodding her head as the matn points were interpreted, while I busied myself wilh the reflections just expressed. At the close M=. Price said he must return forthwith to Londo and would leave me to arrange the details 4i Mile. Elssler accepted the engagement. | _ 1 called occasionally on the famous d@ansuese and was invariably charmed by her affability and elegance. I could not question her natural Intelligence, but {t was blended with an Inge ousnes rare in the world and stili_ more on the stage. 1 was long before I could be con- ‘inced that this was all genuine and not merely the skillful dissimulation of a co! During 4 s saunagerie of the United States, and guaranteed her a reception that would throw the enthustasm of other coun- irfes she had vanquished into the shade. Such art as hers, | assured her, had never been seen there and, united with'so much beauty and grace, would be quite a revelation, that would Yield results in fame and profit ‘beyond her | Micst Sanguine calculations. By degrees she seemed to give me her confidence, for, though artless by disposition, her experience hai taught her caution, and she felt doubt more than sus- picion of the motives of men. I had often applauded the marvellous skill and expressive pantomime of tnls great artist in the opera house, but once out of tt had never thought any more about her, Now, however, that Thad ‘unexpectedly met “her 1 Tound h pany one connected with the stage I had known. Oddly enough it was Mrs. Grote, the stately and brilliant’ wife of the great ‘historian of Greece, who brought about the business con- nection of the “divine Fanny” with Mr. Wikolt and urged the latter to undertake the m: | Mentin America of the fortunes of t » fair Viennese; and the delightful way in which the prologue of thts closing episode of his first. vol- ume IS told will leave every reader of {t anxious for the sequel, which we are promised in a sec- ond volume, to cover the period from 1340 to the outbreak of the great civil war. Two Young WoMEN MAN DoG.—A dispatch from Batavi: ferocious bulldog belon late Wm. Lytle, near |, O10, BAYS: ing to the family of the fton, on the C.& E.R. R., five miles east of Batavia, attacked Georgie A and Anna Lytle, daughters of deceased, and bit one of the young ladies 15 times and the other 6, making most horrible wounds. The neigh- bors soon gathered with guns and pistols, and the dog was pursued in a northerly direction 9 miles before overtaken and killed. It was sald | that several other dogs in the vicinity | Were bitten by the mad canine, and great ex- citement 1s prevalling in consequence. The limbs of one of the young ladies was terribly torn and mangled at the calves. The doctors are not fully satisfied that itis a genuine cas» of hydrophobia, but the family and relatives, to make sure, are having the wounds treated as a mad dog bite, and yesterday left with the in- jured ladies for North Bend to have the mad Stone applied. There has been a fearful mor- tality among the cantnes at Afton and adjacent countles since Friday, as the shot-gun poilcy is being vigorously pursued by the citize IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, Saturday, May 22, 1850. §¥-To obtain any of these Letters the applicant must call for “ADVERTISED LETTens,” aud give the date of this list. S27'1f not called for within one month they will be sent to the Dead Letter Oftice. LADIES’ LIST A—Allen Mre: Allen Sciota Mra. 33— Baten Alice: Brooks C B Mrs Brice ; China re; Byous Jane E Mrs; Bayse Jane A Miss: Brad- ey Lue: Brown Mary; Eryan Mary Mrs: Bradley Sule: Barnes Susan: Bowman Susie K Mrs. ‘C— Chaste Alice Mra; Connor Oelia: Oole Humet ; Curtiss Benry 8 Mre, 2; Coalton Laura Mrs. D_Driecoll Fllen; Daushaday Kate, 2. won Delia’ Mrs; English Hallie; Evaas 1 +t Elvira; Freeman Francis Mra; Fuot rs: Faulkner Gussie; Forde Mary. joldin Green Mrs: Gilliard MO. ial B: Mall Birtter Mra: Henderson Ellen, Hauer Etta G: Hurey Mamie L.-Howard ai AMrs: Harrington Jemie Mrs, Hubler Ora: 1lo08 Sallie; Haskin 8 E Mrs. Jey Jennie 8 D Mra. us Emma; Kelly G Mre; Kerr Ruth ; Kid- well Kore Anna Mrs. L—Lawton ann L Mrs; Lee Juli sereth Mrs; Leach P B Mrs; Lewis 5! M_—™M. in As ite Alice Mrs; O’Couuer B Sirs; O'Conner Ola B—Pendleton Jrsejhine. M_—Kudy Ad i+; Kala Cora; Ross Jane Mrs; Berdeil Kate Mrs itroluan Annie; Shields Catherine Carrie: Syarks © Mrs: StellingsO; swan Eliza A Mre: Schafer Emma Mrs: Slaushter Fanuie, 2; Sullivan Julia; Sumon Julia; Selby Kate; smith ‘Simons ante; Bullivan Megsie; Saraford Turner Ejlen Tempelman Hattic; Turner Jal: Ty.er AY ikeuren H N Mrs. W_Wricht Aun E Mre; Washington Adiard Mrs Williamson A M: Wisbs Amanda; Wiman Bettie Williame Bettie, Webster Carrie Mrs; Whithers Ida (colored); Williame Lurinia; Winan Mary Lor Woodfork M Wilson Rebecca Mrs; Wills B F Mrs: Wise Virvinis A Mrs. Z—Zane Celia BM GENTL EMS LIST. A-Almy © J; Austin G P; Allen Jacob8; Am- brise Billen L. B—Bateman A E: Beker AC, Bennett Charles; Betler Henry P; Bandges Janes; Bush John, Biddick ‘James; Brown John 1; Barber at Martin; Bu Mr; Baxter 8 m Wim Hon. C_Cook C! ; Cross Captain ; Oawpbell DG; Cooke ay ae eae TY Gen'l; Carlisle Bar Oaks Meare Ect Tange Comoasial Iola? Gurus S Laws Ocone duo B; Garuney Mr; Oraig Dasay John; Dore Michael E; wis Walter; Dryden WP; George; Garrett J W; Gilchrist Mr. Trine Cbas ¥, 4; Hill Edward: Hale F Mr; Hollingshead HC: Bastings Hanpah H OH; A M |—Jacione Charles; Janfull William ; Johnston WH H. Oe Rurecp has, Kiomsbury Hi. Kirby Jag A: Kuapp Jas ; “Kennedy 8; Kendall Thomes; King Frank; ‘L—Low Orlando; Lewis Antone ie B Lewis ; Morrow T N. die; MeOandlish H 1; McLean McArthur Wm Lieut. iH Kev; Robin: aA fH ev: Bota: